Early Childhood Pre-School Lead Teacher

Early Childhood Pre-School Lead Teacher –  Opening Statement

Shining Mountain Waldorf School is seeking an Early Childhood Preschool Lead Teacher.

The Early Childhood Preschool Lead Teacher is responsible for creating a warm and joyful Waldorf play-based program in a preschool early childhood group setting. Working with an assistant, the teacher brings the magic of the seasons through stories, circles, handwork, imaginative play, and outdoor experiences each day. Essential qualities of the lead teacher include uprightness, collegiality, a strong sense of integrity, patience, and flexibility.

Our ideal candidate strives towards continual self-development and endeavors to be worthy of imitation.

Shining Mountain Waldorf School is located in beautiful Boulder, Colorado at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains providing a stunning natural backdrop for learning and community. It’s a pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade school offering a comprehensive Waldorf education.

Shining Mountain Waldorf will be expanding its Early Childhood classrooms and its building for the  school year and is seeking a warm, joyful, and experienced Early Childhood educator to serve as Lead Teacher in our new Meadowlark Preschool classroom.

• Kindergarten classroom, playground and surrounding open spaces
• This program has a strong focus on nature and outdoor play in all weather conditions

• Develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum to nurture and stimulate all domains of children’s development in their care
• Provide parent education and hold parent evenings
• Plan, communicate and document periodic parent/teacher conferences to discuss children’s developmental progress, needs, and interests
• Provide responsive care to all children by adapting daily caregiving routines and plans to the needs of the individual child and group
• Coordinate daily preparations of classroom, playground, and all materials
• Provide and maintain a developmentally appropriate and aesthetically pleasing classroom environment
• Work directly with and supervise Early Childhood Assistant; providing open communication to keep them updated on all matters concerning the classroom, program, procedures, class behavior, and expectations
• Foster strong partnerships with class families and maintain clear communication about upcoming events and student behavior
• Ensure age-appropriate classroom management and supervision of class activities
• Coordinate and participate in curricular activities such as circle time, story, birthday celebrations, festivals, and their cleanup
• Coordinate weekly hike, outdoor activities, and outdoor play
• Participate in preparing and conducting puppet plays for Winter Faire
• Guide and support children with self-care such as toileting, dressing, and social behavior
• Maintain confidentiality in all student situations
• Assure a healthy, safe, clean, and developmentally appropriate environment for children
• Develop and maintain collegial relationships through communication and support with faculty members
• Participate in interviews and admission events as needed including open houses and summer enrollment
• Participate in weekly ECE sectional meetings as well as attend Plenum, beginning and end of the year in-services and the February conference
• Complete daily attendance sheets
• Provide first aid as necessary
• Complete incident reports as necessary
• Actively participate in assigned committee work
• Coordinate preparation, serving, and cleanup of daily snacks
• Shop for supplies and food
• Oversee orderly storage area in the Early Childhood classroom and storage sheds
• Prepare classroom at the beginning of the school year and end of school year
• Ability to implement the SMWS Campus Emergency Plan
• Uphold State of Colorado Rules and Regulations for Childcare Centers
• This position may occasionally require the teacher to carry out or assist with other tasks in accordance with the duties listed above. This includes Open Houses and Winter Faire which are held on Saturdays.

• An employee is frequently required to walk and hike, use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, to talk and to hear.
• Employees are required…